Comments on: Top Holiday Gifts – Noisy Toys for Nieces and Nephews

By: Mandy

Mandy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:06:48 +0000

This is awesome! I remember as a kid my mom and aunt had a unspoken "contest" and took turns giving eachother's kids the toys parents hate for them to receive, along with lots of noisy goodness, we also got paint and makeup. Fun times! Mandy´s last blog post..Oh Christmas Tree

By: SDMktg

SDMktg — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:11:20 +0000

I had drums in high school and unless you live in a house with a fair amount of space from your neighbors they can be too loud. A carpeted room can help dampen the noise too. Otherwise it can carry a few blocks away. SDMktg´s last blog post..Gift Ideas for Tailgaters

By: dadshouse

dadshouse — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:43:54 +0000

Thunder stimulator? Sounds like a sex toy!

Oh, you wrote “simulator”… got it. My bad.

By: Exception

Exception — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:23:05 +0000

I have a wonderful nephew who I enjoy giving the most loud and obnoxious (educational of course) toys. I have kind of focused these toys on him because he, unlike his brothers, will use and enjoy them. (I just hope that this doesn’t mean he gets in trouble more than the others… though he does) While at the Kennedy Center over the weekend, my daughter found a thunder simulator!! Talk about loud. Talk about portable!! Talk about fun!!! She thought it was great. Visions of torturing my brother played through my head! (And right now, he needs to be tortured!) Unfortunately my Christmas shopping for my five nephews is complete and shipped… and my nerves were already quite frayed by the time we found the gift or I would have purchased to be given later… but… I have a plan for his next birthday!! So I add to your list a thunder simulator… And the most annoying gift my daughter ever received… a toy tape recorder that allowed her to record herself and change tones etc… it was loud and annoying and portable!! Exception´s last blog post..The Christmas Birthday

By: Solo-Dad

Solo-Dad — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:06:44 +0000

I had to chuckle when I saw the little toy lawnmower. When Little Elvis was, um..little..he used to trail behind my father with one we found at a garage sale. To him, it was a cross between a car (having four-wheels) and a tool used in the yard. Hence his term for it: ‘Car-Yard.’ One Christmas, Santa brought him a new ‘Car-Yard’ with all kinds of bells and whistles. He mowed the carpet, the kitchen floor, the yard and the driveway: all before breakfast.

Funny, now that he’s 12 I can’t get him near the real one!

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:31:09 +0000

That pull phone and lawn mower are hits here too! I dont have a friend with kids who doesnt have one or often both :) And you are right - my brother buys my kids fun stuff. Mainly cos he wants to play with it and then a fight ensues after its been opened :) Laura´s last blog post..Questions and Answers

By: America

America — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:41:54 +0000

Is it wrong that I bought MY son bongo drums for his first birthday… what can I say, I’m a masochist!